Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeders heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. To few steer and heifer calves for an accurate trend but a weaker undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.04/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −184.57 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$277.04

67 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$52.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs OK average

+1.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	279.39	1,563	64
Medium and Large 1-2	591	227.00	1,342	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.39/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.82, low $398.50, median $461.61 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale67 hd

277.04

—

OK average5 barns · 341 hd

284.50

−7.46

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+1.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−184.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	291.83/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,287	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	260.70/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	303.76/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,409	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	257.10/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,355	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,689	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	284.46/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,476	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	290.03/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,557	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	250.87/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,550	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	755	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	340.39/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	312	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,342	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	267.29/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,673	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,099	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	231.35/cwt	223.00–232.00	2,091	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	252.19/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,657	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	250.33/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,444	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,184	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	203.50/cwt	199.00–211.50	1,872	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	316.96/cwt	307.00–322.00	1,487	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	270.82/cwt	267.00–271.50	1,595	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	228.50/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,536	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	747	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	232.12/cwt	227.00–234.00	2,047	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	245.49/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,939	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	312.71/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,382	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	300.65/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	224.75/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,829	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,264	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	249.00/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	297.32/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,661	2

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	718	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	442	305.00–321.00	312.71
9	450–500	469	307.00–322.00	316.96
18	500–550	519	272.00–287.00	284.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	441	287.00–295.00	291.83
9	450–500	458	298.00–302.00	300.65
15	500–550	546	252.00–262.00	260.70
8	550–600	560	246.00–252.00	249.00
69	600–650	618	243.00–256.00	250.87
63	650–700	673	251.00	251.00
15	800–850	814	221.00–227.00	224.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	295.00–302.00	297.32
12	450–500	453	311.00	311.00
13	500–550	527	252.00–263.00	257.10
37	550–600	577	249.00–256.00	250.33
8	650–700	672	223.00–232.00	228.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	457	259.00	259.00
6	500–550	545	232.00	232.00
3	600–650	601	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	510	290.00–310.00	303.76
9	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
14	600–650	626	266.00–269.00	267.29
2	650–700	667	249.00	249.00
5	700–750	720	247.00	247.00
94	750–800	790	240.00–247.00	245.49
109	850–900	882	227.00–234.00	232.12
98	900–950	904	223.00–232.00	231.35
17	1050–1100	1,071	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	335.00–342.00	340.39
16	500–550	537	287.00–291.00	290.03
26	550–600	589	267.00–271.50	270.82
4	600–650	632	262.00	262.00
33	650–700	657	251.00–254.00	252.19
6	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	312	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	795	224.00	224.00
11	900–950	920	199.00–211.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	591	227.00	227.00
2	700–750	747	230.00	230.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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